Area Studies at Emory University

If you plan to study area studies, take a look at what Emory University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 13,997.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Area Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Emory Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Emory Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at Emory is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Area Studies Student Demographics at Emory

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area studies majors at Emory University.

Emory Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Emory University with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	14
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Area Studies

Area Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Emory University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
French Studies	17
Near & Middle Eastern Studies	9
American U.S. Studies	5
East Asian Studies	5
German Studies	5
Russian Studies	4
Latin American Studies	3
Italian Studies	3

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies

Careers That Area Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Emory University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	130	$51,590

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mpspqr under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.